Shredded leaves - Specimen details

Shredded leaves - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 73548

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Plant Name 203.00 GNETACEAE Gnetum africanum Entry Book Number 37.1995.1
Artefact Name Shredded leaves Vernacular Name
Iso Country Cameroon TDWG Region Cameroon
Parts Held Shredded leaves Geography Description Cameroon, Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Limbe
Uses Shredded leavesUse: FOOD User: Man TDWG use FOOD
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Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Rumball N Collector No 24
Collection Notes Collection Date 00/10/1995
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Eru - Gnetum - purchased on Limbe market. Sold whole, but usually preshredded on the stalls. This vegetable is incorporated into stews etc. During harvesting the entire plant is removed (including the swollen rootstock). Much of the eru harvested in C, ameroon is shipped to Nigeria. Populations have suffered a dramatic decrease in the last 5 years and the vine is now hard to locate around Mount Cameroon.

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